Experimental Lab

[annikk.exe]

Is there any way to open the console on iPad?


Also, have you tried stuff like removing the globals?  Obviously they won't work on iPad..

[Aino]

Annikk, the LevelLogic stop running if it encounter a problem. It obvious that one of the functions used doesn't exist in the iOS version

[Tomfloria]

There is a debug option in the support.lua, but when I change it from false to true, nothing happens

[annikk.exe]

Annikk, the LevelLogic stop running if it encounter a problem. It obvious that one of the functions used doesn't exist in the iOS version

I'm interested in which functions don't work.  I suspect GetAsteroid():MoveBy and MoveTo don't work at the moment.

It's a shame there's no way to open the console.  That would show error messages and helps a lot with debugging.

[Tomfloria]

The main file is encrypted, tried getting into it

[annikk.exe]

Code: [Select]

function LevelSetup()

a = AddAsteroidWithAttribs(50,50,1,1,1)
a:SetRadius(180)
a.Owner = 1
a:Reveal(1)

a = AddAsteroidWithAttribs(400,400,1,1,1)
a:SetRadius(180)
a.Owner = 2
a:Reveal(1)

end

function LevelLogic()

x = 0
y = 0
scale = 1000
speed = 3

while GameRunning() do

input = GetGameTime() / speed

x = math.cos(input) * scale
y = math.sin(input) * scale

GetAsteroid(0):MoveTo(x,y)

coroutine.yield()
end

end
Try this level?  That's a good test for whether MoveTo works.. :>

If it works, you should be able to find one asteroid in the level that is floating around in circles.

[Tomfloria]

I wish it did, but no the asteroid doesn't move :/

[annikk.exe]

Bummer.  No gravity on ipad yet then..
Thanks for testing it.

[Aino]

What about using Entity.Position.X/Y and changing them directly? I guess that'll work?

[Tomfloria]

Wouldn't that bulk up the code though? If you wanted it smooth?

[annikk.exe]

Good point Aino. :>

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function LevelSetup()

a = AddAsteroidWithAttribs(50,50,1,1,1)
a:SetRadius(180)
a.Owner = 1
a:Reveal(1)

a = AddAsteroidWithAttribs(400,400,1,1,1)
a:SetRadius(180)
a.Owner = 2
a:Reveal(1)

end

function LevelLogic()

x = 0
y = 0
scale = 1000
speed = 3

while GameRunning() do

input = GetGameTime() / speed

x = math.cos(input) * scale
y = math.sin(input) * scale

GetAsteroid(0).position.x = x
GetAsteroid(0).position.y = y

coroutine.yield()
end

end
How about that? :>

[Tomfloria]

Nope, doesn't work haha, shows the same thing as last time, Two asteroids XD

[annikk.exe]

Yep so asteroid movement does not work on iPad.  Shame, hopefully that will be changed eventually.

[Lost Seedling]

I'm experimenting with an idea for a map, but am unsure if it is worth pursuing due to an early problem. I'd like some input.

I want to enable the player to drag and drop icons onto asteroids to affect the game-play. Unfortunately, I'm having performance issues with the icons failing to follow the cursor efficiently. I'm not sure if the problem is with my computer speed, my mouse, my code, or just a limitation with the game itself.

If anyone is interested, please run the attached sample and try dragging the spheres around and dropping them on the asteroid or anywhere. For me, in order for the icon to track smoothly, I have to move the cursor rather slowly, otherwise it "drops" the sphere, and I'm not sure if this limitation would be satisfactory for actual game-play. Please let me know how it works on your computer and if you think it is too slow or erratic to be practical. Ideally, the icon would follow the cursor regardless of how fast the mouse is moved.

I don't want to waste time on this idea if it isn't practical.

Thanks!

(我希望我能說中國話)

[Pilchard123]

I haven't looked at the code, but could you do something like:

OnMouseDown(){
  if (over an icon){
    selected icon = the icon that was clicked
  }
}

OnMouseUp(){
  if (selected icon~=nil){
    if (mousepos over asteroid){
      //do asteroid + icon things
    }
    selected icon = nil
  }
}

while GameRunning() do {
    if(selected icon ~= nil){
      //draw selected icon at mouse position
    }
}